60 MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS. 



To GroTV Hair. 



Mix sweet oil, 1 pint; sulphur, 3 ounces. Shake well, and rub into the 

 dock twice a week. 



For "Worms. 



Calomel,! drachm; tartar emetic, i drachm; linseed meal, 1 ounce; fenu- 

 greek, 1 ounce. Mix, and give in feed at night; repeat the dose two or 

 three times, and follow with one and a half pints of raw linseed oil, about 

 six hours after the last powder has been given. 



Grease Heel. 



Chloride of zinc, li drachms; water, 10 ounces; glycerine, 8 ounces. Mix. 

 If there is much discharge, apply a poultice for several hours, followed by 

 application of the above, after cleansing well with soft water and castile 

 soap. The following powders should be given at the same time in the feed, 

 every night, for a w^eek or two: Bicarbonate of soda, 1 ounce; arsenic, 1 

 drachm; iodide of iron, i ounce; fenugreek, 2 ounces; ginger, 2 ounces; 

 elecampane, 1 ounce. Mix thoroughly, and divide into twelve powders. 



For Distemper. 



Hops, 2 ounces; carbolic acid, 30 drops; boiling water, 2 gallons. Mix 

 the hops and carbolic acid with the boiling water, and compel the animal to 

 inhale the steam for fifteen or twenty minutes at a time; repeat three 

 times a day. Apply a strong mustard paste to the throat, and place a warm 

 poultice over the paste. Feed warm mashes and boiled vegetables ; keep 

 the stable comfortably warm and the air pure. Give the following pow- 

 ders once a day: Powdered Peruvian bark, 2 ounces; powdered gentian, 1 

 ounce; powdered copperas, 1 ounce. Mix, and divide into eight powders. 



Thrush. 



Take white vitriol, 2 ounces; soft water, 8 ounces. Mix, and apply to 

 the diseased surface, after the ragged parts have been cut away and thor- 

 oughly cleansed. Pack the cavities with cotton batting, so as to keep out 

 all dirt. 



For Ringworm. 



Apply mercurial ointment three or four times a ^eek 



For Brittle and Contracted Hoofs. 



Take of castor oil, Barbadoes tar and soft soap, equal parts of each ; 

 meit all together and stir while cooling, and apply a little to the hoof three or 

 four times a week. 



